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Hanging out at home today, resting. Some high winds came thru yesterday and our transformer blew out. Waiting on the diesel fuel transport for delivery. Back up generator ran for at least 5 hours yesterday.
 

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Yesterday I continued detailing my Jeep after I finished detailing the garden tractor.

Today we started the Christmas baking by making 2 batches of biscotti, one with cherries/almonds & the other with pistachio/cranberries. Also made bread this morning.

Made pizza dough & sauce for tonight's supper.
 
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Continued detailing my Jeep.

Continued making Christmas cookies... Magic Bars today.

Fed the cattle & put out more hay.
 

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Did the weekly shopping & picked up the standing rib roast for Christmas.

Continued detailing my Jeep & started on Mrs. Ranch's Jeep.
 
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Raining here this morning, 1.03" thus far.

Continued working on both Jeep's, applying the RejeX polymer to mine & clay barring Mrs. Ranch's.

Mrs. Ranch is continuing with cranking out the Christmas cookies (Mexican Wedding Cakes today).
 
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Finished up the exterior of my Jeep, then continued working on Mrs. Ranch's.

While I was doing the above, Mrs. Ranch made a couple of batches of thumbprint cookies.
 
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Made bread.

Finished clay barring Mrs. Ranch's Jeep, then started applying the RejeX to it. Started on the truck.

Refilled the redbird feeders.

Fed the cattle.
 

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Made bread.

Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

Mrs. Ranch is making her Twice Baked Potatoes & her Broccoli Salad.

Fired up the smoker & got our bacon-wrapped venison backstraps on at the crack of dawn (1 for us & 1 for our neighbors to snack on). Then did the standing rib roast. These are another of our Christmas traditions!!!

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Started the end of the year investment review.

Fed the cattle & put out hay ahead of the rain.

Made beef stock from roasted bones for soup next week.
 

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Started building the vegetable/beef/barley soup for dinner. Threw in the remains of the standing rib roast, along with onions, carrots. potatoes, peas, tomatoes, cabbage & hominy.
 

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Started the 'begining-of-the-month' chores

Fed the cattle & out another roll of hay.

Refilled the redbird feeders & another suet block.

Closed out the 2020 financials & started the taxes.

Completed the maintenance of the computers.
 

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Made bread.

Refilled the chlorine reservoir for the septic system.

Ordered the seeds for the spring garden. Also ordered the caladiums for the pots on the back porch.
 
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